2019 Multan Sultans season explained

Club:Multan Sultans
Season:2019
Coach:Johan Botha[1]
Captain:Shoaib Malik
Comp1 Result:5th (eliminated)
Most Runs:Shoaib Malik (266)
Most Wickets:Shahid Afridi (10)
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

The Multan Sultans is a franchise cricket team that represents Multan in the Pakistan Super League. The team made its PSL debut in the 2018 season. [2] [3] The team finished 5th after group stage matches, winning only three out of their ten matches and failing to reach the play-offs for the second consecutive year.[4]

Background

Multan Sultans are the sixth team to join the league. 2018 was their inaugural season. After the league was started in 2016, this was the first expansion of the league. Tom Moody serves as their coach.[5] Prior to the start of the fourth season, Schon Properties failed to pay the $5.2 million annual fee, and Pakistan Cricket Board had cancelled their franchise..[6] After the cancellation, the PCB took responsibility of all player and coach contracts while the public tender process took place to grant the repackaged rights of the team. The PCB asked interested bidders to collect the bidding documents from its offices by 14 December 2018. The financial proposal of the technically qualified bidders is due to be opened on 18 December 2018.[7] On 20 December 2018, PSL announced that Ali Tareen-led Multan consortium had won the franchise rights for the sixth team for a seven-year period, by exceeding the PCB's reserve price set at $5.21 million per year.[8] Tareen's bid was for $6.35 million per year, making this the most expensive franchise.[9]

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes
Batsmen
14James VinceFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm medium 2019Overseas
30Shan MasoodFebruary 14, 2019Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018
1Umar SiddiqFebruary 14, 2019Left-handedRight-arm off break2018
32Laurie EvansFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Overseas
49Steve SmithFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm leg spin2019Overseas
24Joe DenlyFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm leg spin2019Overseas
All-rounders
7Nauman AliFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019
10Shahid AfridiFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm leg spin2019
12Andre RussellFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm fast2019Overseas
18Shoaib MalikFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm off break2018Captain
73Hammad AzamFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm medium2019
54Dan ChristianFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Overseas
Wicket-keepers
29Nicholas PooranFebruary 14, 2019Left-handed2018Overseas
78Shakeel AnsarFebruary 14, 2019Right-handed2019
23Tom MooresFebruary 14, 2019Left-handed2019Overseas
25Johnson CharlesFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019Overseas
Bowlers
33Ali ShafiqFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019
83Junaid KhanFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedLeft-arm fast2018
17Irfan KhanFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018
26Mohammad AbbasFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
27Mohammad IrfanFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedLeft-arm fast2019
27Mohammad IlyasFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019
93Chris GreenFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm off break2019Overseas
Mohammad JunaidFebruary 14, 2019Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019
32Qais AhmedFebruary 14, 2019Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019Overseas

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Season summary

Multan Sultans started their season against Karachi Kings with a close defeat by just 7 runs. [10] In the next game against Islamabad United they registered their first win after restricting the opponents to only 125 runs and managing to chase the target pretty easily.[11] After their first five games, they lost 4 and won only once. They had their chance against Lahore Qalandars where they posted the highest total batting first of the tournament (200), but bad bowling in last few overs costed them the match, resulting in losing the match on the last ball. [12] [13] They won their second match of the season against Islamabad United by 6 wickets. [14] [15] Team's bad performance continued as they suffer three more loses, resulting in them being the first team to be eliminated from the season.[16] [17]

After playing ten matches, they managed to get over the line in three matches with the 3rd win coming against Lahore Qalandars in their final game of the season, played at National Stadium.[18] As a result, They finished 5th on the points table for the second consecutive year.[19]

Skipper Shoaib Malik was team's leading runs-scorer with 266 runs,[20] while Shahid Afridi with 10 wickets in 8 matches was team's leading wicket-taker for the season.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Johan Botha appointed as team's new Head Coach. www.sacricketmag.com. 17 March 2019.
  2. News: Wasim Akram joins PSL's newest baby. Business Recorder. 1 August 2017. Ali Ahmed. 3 August 2017.
  3. News: Multan Sultans reunite Wasim, Waqar for PSL. ESPNcricinfo. 2 August 2017. Umar Farooq. 6 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Points Table –Pakistan Super League 2019. ESPNCricinfo. 17 March 2019.
  5. News: Tom Moody appointed head coach of Multan Sultans. Faizan Lakhani. 22 September 2017. 22 September 2017. Geo News.
  6. News: PCB terminates franchise agreement with Schon Group for Multan Sultans . Dawn . 11 November 2018.
  7. News: PCB invites interested bidders for sale of sixth PSL team . Dawn . 1 December 2018.
  8. News: Ali Tareen-led Multan consortium wins franchise rights for sixth PSL team . Dawn . 20 December 2018.
  9. News: PSL sixth team ownership rights won by Ali Tareen consortium . 20 December 2018 . ESPN . Umar . Farooq . 28 December 2018 .
  10. Web site: Karachi Kings open PSL campaign with 7-run win over Multan Sultans. The News. 15 February 2019.
  11. Web site: PSL 2019 – Match 4 – Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United, United defeated by Sultans by 5 wickets in psl. The News. 25 February 2019.
  12. Web site: PSL-highlights 2019 – Match 10 – Lahore Qalandars' de Villiers and Wiese rout Multan Sultans by 6 Wickets. The News. 25 February 2019.
  13. Web site: PSL-highlights 2019 – Match 14 – Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans, Zalmi recover to beat Sultans in psl. The News. 25 February 2019.
  14. Web site: PSL 2019 Match 16: Multan Sultans thrash Islamabad United by six wickets. The News. 27 February 2019.
  15. Web site: Multan Sultans beat Islamabad United by 6 wickets. AAJ News. 27 February 2019.
  16. Web site: Pollard, Amin smash Peshawar Zalmi to victory. ESPNCricinfo. 28 February 2019.
  17. Web site: Karachi Kings knock Multan Sultans out of psl 4. Dunya News. 4 March 2019.
  18. Web site: Lahore Qalandars finished last again after walloping from Multan Sultans. ESPNCricinfo. 11 March 2019.
  19. Web site: PSL 2019 – Points table, Multan finished 5th for the second straight year. ESPNCricinfo. 11 March 2019.
  20. Web site: Records / Multan Sultans / Most runs / 2019 seasons. ESPNCricinfo. 11 March 2019.
  21. Web site: Records / Multan Sultans / Most wickets / 2019 seasons. ESPNCricinfo. 11 March 2019.